Quality of Life Therapy: Applying a Life Satisfaction Approach to Positive Psychology and Cognitive Therapy

PART ONE: INTRODUCTION AND THEORY.

1. Quality of Life Therapy (QOLT): An Introduction.

2. Happiness through the Ages and Sages.

3. QOL Theory.

4. How to Do QOLT.

PART TWO: CORE TECHNIQUES IN QOLT.

5. QOLT Assessment: Integrating QOL with Traditional Health Assessments.

6. Sharing Case Conceptualizations with Clients.

7. The Three Pillars of QOLT: Inner Abundance, Quality Time, and Find a Meaning.

8. Five Paths to Happiness and Other CASIO Techniques.

9. The Tenets of Contentment: A Summary of Key Concepts and Skills in QOLT.

10. Emotional Control and Life Management Skills in Goal Striving.

PART THREE: AREA-SPECIFIC INTERVENTIONS.

11. Goals-and-Values and Spiritual Life.

12. Self-Esteem.

13. Health.

14. Relationships.

15. Work and Retirement.

16. Play.

17. Helping.

18. Learning.

19. Creativity.

20. Money and Standard of Living.

21. Surroundings: Home, Neighborhood, and Community.

22. Relapse Prevention and Maintenance.

References.

Author Index.

Subject Index.